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My dress took nearly as long as the NOA2! I ordered it at the beginning of February and it just came in this week. At least now I'll have time to get it tailored.

OH wow! Well, that means that if we do by some miracle have a fall wedding, I will be wearing the one white dress I own that I got on super clearance a few years back...not totally white but it might have to do...! Cheaper anyway and my mom already altered it hahahaha...I am too chicken to order any of the gorgeous ones I have found online...what if it arrives and I don't like how it fits?! So I am stuck...oh well. I was so focused on the paperwork when I went home for Christmas that I didn't even think about going dress shopping! Kate&javi was smart on that one!

January 3, 2012 Mailed I-129F

January 9, 2012 NOA1

June 11, 2012 NOA2 rec'd 154 days later...

July 5, 2012 NVC rec'd and new case number given

July 9, 2012 Left NVC en route to Honduras! :)

July 13, 2012 Received at Embassy!

Aug. 7, 2012 Interview date and Packet 4 rec'd by email

Oct. 8, 2012 Medical

Oct. 10, 2012 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!!!

Oct. 16, 2012 Visa in hand

Oct. 23, 2012 POE Atlanta

Dec. 30, 2012 Wedding! ;)

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Just got done with the interview. APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll post a review of how it went later, right now I am desperate to eat something. But it's done! It's finally done.

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OH wow! Well, that means that if we do by some miracle have a fall wedding, I will be wearing the one white dress I own that I got on super clearance a few years back...not totally white but it might have to do...! Cheaper anyway and my mom already altered it hahahaha...I am too chicken to order any of the gorgeous ones I have found online...what if it arrives and I don't like how it fits?! So I am stuck...oh well. I was so focused on the paperwork when I went home for Christmas that I didn't even think about going dress shopping! Kate&javi was smart on that one!

You can always go into a wedding dress shop and buy off the rack. It would be a sample that others had tried on, but it would be cheaper. You would just have to have a tailor re-fit it to your measurements.

K1 Visa Timeline

01/13/2012 I-129F sent via USPS

01/16/2012 I-129F delivered

01/17/2012 NOA1 date on USCIS website

01/20/2012 Text and E-Mail Notification of NOA1!

01/20/2012 Check Cashed

01/23/2012 NOA1 Hardcopy

01/23/2012 Called USCIS to report that my fiance's name was misspelled on the NOA1

01/24/2012 Touched

01/26/2012 Received response to report, e-mail states error has been corrected.

02/08/2012 Touched

07/12/2012 NOA2! It took 177 days.

07/17/2012 NOA2 Hardcopy

07/20/2012 NVC received and forwarded to London

07/23/2012 Received in London

07/31/2012 Packet 3 received

08/02/2012 Packet 3 sent

08/16/2012 Medical

10/1/2012 Interview: APPROVED!

10/3/2012 Visa Issued

10/8/2012 Visa delivery

10/24/2012 POE Dublin

11/21/2012 Wedding

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[uSCIS] cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

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Texas22   50

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Thank you so much for your words of encouragment! Is it bad that I feel comfort in not being alone? I would not wish an RFE on anyone, but it is nice to have others to share this with. I hope you hear something fast! Do you have any clue on what the turn around time is on an RFE? On average? What was your RFE for?

Do not feel bad, it is comforting to NOT be alone.. myself and Level99 both received RFE's this month. Ours was for the wrong divorce papers filed by my fiance. Fortunately he had what they needed and he sent back next day (I made him send it overnight with a tracking nbr) :P

Level99's RFE was for their passport photos. (Apparently their faces were "too large" in the pics)... :blink:

I think Sabi's "theory" could be correct!! :yes:

As far as the turnaround - the RFE actually states that it will take a Minimum of 14 days to respond once they receive our response - up to a maximum of 60 days! (sigh) :unsure:

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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Well looks like today was pretty weak again for VJ petitions..Maybe we'll see 1 or 2 more but certainly not what we need...the wait continues...I will keep my expectations very low for Friday. usually not a very good day for VSC. The 5 months update is also pretty annoying...has anyone called today to see if they are still reporting January 9th? I would think an update to the reported date would occur concurrently with the update to processing times.

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1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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Texas22   50

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I am too chicken to order any of the gorgeous ones I have found online...what if it arrives and I don't like how it fits?!

I'm thinking about ordering one of them gorgeous ones online!! But I think I will order it a size too big, and then have it tailored to fit me before the wedding... Still haven't done it yet though... it makes me nervous. :blush:

We have already pretty much decided that we are going to have a civil service right after POE and do AOS, and then we are going to have our actual wedding next April... and we will celebrate our anniversary on our "wedding date".

With moving to USA, and then finding a house, getting the kids situated in school, AOS... all that stuff.. I simply could not imagine throwing a big wedding into the mix within 90 days with all that going on!! Impossibly stressful!! :help:

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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I'm thinking about ordering one of them gorgeous ones online!! But I think I will order it a size too big, and then have it tailored to fit me before the wedding... Still haven't done it yet though... it makes me nervous. :blush:

We have already pretty much decided that we are going to have a civil service right after POE and do AOS, and then we are going to have our actual wedding next April... and we will celebrate our anniversary on our "wedding date".

With moving to USA, and then finding a house, getting the kids situated in school, AOS... all that stuff.. I simply could not imagine throwing a big wedding into the mix within 90 days with all that going on!! Impossibly stressful!! :help:

definitely! we are doing the same , simple civil service just to file the paperwork ( so romantic! :P ) and get it over with and then we will do the actual receptions some time next year , one in the USA and another in Taiwan (Terry's dad wants to throw one for us, so how could we say no to a traditional Taiwanese wedding?? )

..but let us get our NOA2 first!!!

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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definitely! we are doing the same , simple civil service just to file the paperwork ( so romantic! :P ) and get it over with and then we will do the actual receptions some time next year , one in the USA and another in Taiwan (Terry's dad wants to throw one for us, so how could we say no to a traditional Taiwanese wedding?? )

..but let us get our NOA2 first!!!

That sounds wonderful Sabi!! :D

We are having two as well. Our wedding in US with ceremony and reception, and then a reception in Canada for all my family and friends... whenever we can get to it... one step at a time... c'mon NOA2!! :whistle:

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

K1 PROCESS
1/14/12 - I-129f sent to Dallas, TX, 1/18/12 - received by VSC
1/20/12 - NOA 1
7/19/12 - NOA 2 - YES AFTER 183 DAYS!!!
7/27/12 - NVC received
8/02/12 - Consulate received
8/23/12 - Medical exam appt
9/06/12 - Interview @ 9am - Approved! smile.png
9/28/12 - POE - Vienna - London - Philly

Wedding - 10/6/12 @ 1:30pm ET

AOS
10/20/12 - AOS sent to Chicago lockbox
10/26/12 - NOA1s for all 3 forms
11/28/12 - Biometrics appointment
12/29/12 - EAD & AP approved
01/08/13 - EAD combo card received

06/28/13 - AOS approved

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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

Yay! Congratulations (F)

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11 Jan 2012 ... I-129F sent

12 Jan 2012 ... Received at USCIS

13 Jan 2012 ... NOA1

17 Jan 2012 ... Touched

20 Jan 2012 ... NOA1 Hardcopy

26 Jun 2012 ... NOA2 [165 Days]

29 Jun 2012 ... NOA2 Hardcopy

05 Jul 2012 ... Forwarded to Frankfurt

10 Jul 2012 ... Medical

18 Jul 2012 ... Pack 3 received & sent back to Frankfurt

25 Jul 2012 ... Pack 4

16 Aug 2012 ... Interview | Approved :)

23 Aug 2012 ... Visa in Mail

14 Sep 2012 ... POE Newark

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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

Congratulations!! :D:dance:

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

Congrats!!! Here's to hoping everything moves quickly so you can get married on October 6!!

Part One: The K-1 Visa Journey:

USCIS Receipt of I-129F: January 24, 2012 | Petition Approval: June 15, 2012 (No RFEs)
Interview: October 24, 2012 - Review | Visa Delivered: October 31, 2012



Part Two: Entry and Adjusting Status:

POE: November 18, 2012 (at SFO) - Review
Wedding: December 1, 2012 | Social Security: New cards received on December 7, 2012.
AOS Package (I-485/I-765/I-131) NOA1: February 19, 2013 | Biometrics Appt.: March 18, 2013
AP/EAD Approved: April 29, 2013 | Card Received: May 6, 2013 | AOS Interview Appt.: May 16, 2013 - Approved Review Card Received: May 24, 2013

Part Three: Removal of Conditions:

Coming Soon...

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

Omg!! Congrats!!! =)

K1

23 Jan 2012: sent I-129F

01 Feb 2012: received hard copy NOA1

28 June 2012: NOA2

18 July 2012: LND case number

25 July 2012: sent packet 3 docs

28 July 2012: Packet 3 received

30 July 2012: medical done

09 Aug 2012: Packet 4 received

14 Aug 2012 8am: interview: APPROVED!

20 Aug 2012: VISA received!!

06 Oct 2012: POE in Anchorage (AK)

10 Nov 2012: Wedding in California

AOS

Jan 03, 2013: package sent to Chicago!

Jan 10, 2013: email/text notification of receipt of all 3!

Jan 19, 2013: biometric letter received

Jan 30, 2013: biometric appointment at 12pm

Mar 06, 2013: EAD/AP card in production

Mar 12, 2013: received interview appointment letter

Mar 15, 2013: EAD/AP combo card received!

Mar 21, 2013: Interview in Anchorage..APPROVED!

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APPROVED AFTER 183 DAYSSSSSSSSSSSS

wow ! perfect! congrats!!!

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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